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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The partial government shutdown continues into 2019. Some federal sponsors are affected while others are not. For example,
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">NIH is open, while <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nsf.gov%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfb2c7d28117047c9574908d670e31d49%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C636820518078502844&sdata=rkIu4rOHwFAgzd7VyiHOPKxUUMcoQhepSogD7C0PEJs%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.nsf.gov/" shash="zpwxsCVLQMrz7KE3n4Z97BdDL1fMCMntzjs0duCGOxbvYtXq8LStLLXXCpHLUKBFW+a7LHsHin+cf+5PoZPbG2pafsaJVkMdprPQ8ppjWHhkE/m91KPkPXo4I3lHfxMZW6hhoILKBFA8sozKdgeTgH6rxCgNH6vyJmVE30BpL3Q=">
NSF</a> is closed due to a lapse in appropriations. However, NSF will continue to accept proposals in accordance with published deadlines.</span><span lang="EN" style="color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please see specific agency websites for information on their level of operation during the shutdown. Also, the
<i>Office of Management and Budget</i> <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whitehouse.gov%2Fomb%2Finformation-for-agencies%2Fagency-contingency-plans%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfb2c7d28117047c9574908d670e31d49%7C9ef9f489e0a04eeb87cc3a526112fd0d%7C1%7C0%7C636820518078502844&sdata=S%2FT6Qx9XvCynLMLL9%2BzaID%2B%2FyJmiOlfbqZIOAJHf1M8%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information-for-agencies/agency-contingency-plans/" shash="lfFhV7O42ABBTjU9R5eLOuay8++gwJZhw2tLDo0Q8VNnakzRuIAbynNJGwo031niCgy8tmaHwLyVwR+q8ghe7fCIg2TxPvvSleNyWj9wnAn9UAiOU5vtBqC9QQAN97hwo5a21pRg+OtxZVN6iLOWGG2+JzGK2P5/DSCXdro1rKc=">
website</a> contains contingency plan FAQs and specific links for the various federal agencies that are currently affected.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:black">Additional information will be provided as received.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:black">Best regards,<br>
<br>
Jennifer Woodward<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Jennifer E. Woodward, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Vice Chancellor for Research Operations
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Professor of Surgery and Immunology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">University of Pittsburgh
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">Office of Research
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">123 University Place
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">B21 UCLUB
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Pittsburgh, PA 15213<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">412-624-7405<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:jew7@pitt.edu"><span style="color:black">jew7@pitt.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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